MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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